CRN Cloud News

Concerns over privacy and security in the cloud have hit fever pitch, spurred by a battle over an encrypted iPhone and ongoing worries over government access to personal information. It's up to solution providers to be the first line of defense.

The Fast Growth 150 is CRN's annual ranking of the fastest growing solution providers, resellers, technology integrators and IT consultants in North America. Here we present the 66 newcomers from the class of 2016.

While the secretive, extremely well-funded startup from SoftLayer founder Lance Crosby is currently selling direct to more than 30,000 customers, coming products will be enterprise-facing and require a channel approach.

Doron Kempel says selling hyper-convergence can be challenging for solution providers, but success will come from taking business from competitors that are unprepared or hesitant to embrace the technology.